Interaction of Mediterranean water eddies with Sedlo and Seine Seamounts, Subtropical Northeast Atlantic
13 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables During years 2003 and 2004 both Sedlo and Seine Seamounts, lying in the area of influence of the Mediterranean water outflow in the Northeast Atlantic, were investigated in the framework of the EU-funded project OASIS. Analysis of CTD data shows that the levels of majo...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/19287 2024-02-11T10:07:00+01:00 Interaction of Mediterranean water eddies with Sedlo and Seine Seamounts, Subtropical Northeast Atlantic Bashmachnikov, Igor Mohn, Christian Pelegrí, Josep Lluís Martins, Ana María Jose, Felix Machín, Francisco White, Martin 2009-12 8985 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10261/19287 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.036 en eng Elsevier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.036 Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56(25): 2593-2605 (2009) 0967-0645 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/19287 doi:10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.036 none Seamount Meddies Topographic interaction Region of study 33.8-40.3°N 26.8-14.2°W 33.8-40.3°N artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2009 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2008.12.036 2024-01-16T09:24:41Z 13 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables During years 2003 and 2004 both Sedlo and Seine Seamounts, lying in the area of influence of the Mediterranean water outflow in the Northeast Atlantic, were investigated in the framework of the EU-funded project OASIS. Analysis of CTD data shows that the levels of major variability in temperature and salinity were confined to the upper ocean layer, which is subject to seasonal air–sea heat exchange, and to the Mediterranean Water (MW) level. In this paper we concentrate on the latter case and show that the variability observed resulted from Mediterranean water eddies (Meddies) colliding with the seamounts. Combined data from CTD surveys, current meter moorings, ship-mounted ADCP and satellite altimetry suggest that during the period of observations there was only one Meddy interacting with each of the seamounts. On Sedlo Seamount intensive interaction resulted in the loss by the Meddy of about 25% of the salt around the seamount, whereas on Seine the Meddy (or portion of it) escaped the seamount after performing several rotations around the summit without any significant interaction This work was accomplished with funding from the European Union under project OASIS (Ref. EVK3-2001-00152-OASIS) Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Northeast Atlantic Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 56 25 2593 2605 |
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Seamount Meddies Topographic interaction Region of study 33.8-40.3°N 26.8-14.2°W 33.8-40.3°N Bashmachnikov, Igor Mohn, Christian Pelegrí, Josep Lluís Martins, Ana María Jose, Felix Machín, Francisco White, Martin Interaction of Mediterranean water eddies with Sedlo and Seine Seamounts, Subtropical Northeast Atlantic |
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13 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables During years 2003 and 2004 both Sedlo and Seine Seamounts, lying in the area of influence of the Mediterranean water outflow in the Northeast Atlantic, were investigated in the framework of the EU-funded project OASIS. Analysis of CTD data shows that the levels of major variability in temperature and salinity were confined to the upper ocean layer, which is subject to seasonal air–sea heat exchange, and to the Mediterranean Water (MW) level. In this paper we concentrate on the latter case and show that the variability observed resulted from Mediterranean water eddies (Meddies) colliding with the seamounts. Combined data from CTD surveys, current meter moorings, ship-mounted ADCP and satellite altimetry suggest that during the period of observations there was only one Meddy interacting with each of the seamounts. On Sedlo Seamount intensive interaction resulted in the loss by the Meddy of about 25% of the salt around the seamount, whereas on Seine the Meddy (or portion of it) escaped the seamount after performing several rotations around the summit without any significant interaction This work was accomplished with funding from the European Union under project OASIS (Ref. EVK3-2001-00152-OASIS) Peer reviewed |
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Bashmachnikov, Igor Mohn, Christian Pelegrí, Josep Lluís Martins, Ana María Jose, Felix Machín, Francisco White, Martin |
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Bashmachnikov, Igor Mohn, Christian Pelegrí, Josep Lluís Martins, Ana María Jose, Felix Machín, Francisco White, Martin |
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Interaction of Mediterranean water eddies with Sedlo and Seine Seamounts, Subtropical Northeast Atlantic |
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Interaction of Mediterranean water eddies with Sedlo and Seine Seamounts, Subtropical Northeast Atlantic |
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Interaction of Mediterranean water eddies with Sedlo and Seine Seamounts, Subtropical Northeast Atlantic |
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Interaction of Mediterranean water eddies with Sedlo and Seine Seamounts, Subtropical Northeast Atlantic |
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Interaction of Mediterranean water eddies with Sedlo and Seine Seamounts, Subtropical Northeast Atlantic |
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interaction of mediterranean water eddies with sedlo and seine seamounts, subtropical northeast atlantic |
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